| Abstract | The article discusses Italian architectural historian Manfredo Tafuri (1935-1994), founder of the Venice School of Architectural studies and notable for creating a critical analysis of architecture based on the theories of Prussian-German philosopher, economist, sociologist, and historian Karl Marx. The U.S. reception of Tafuri's scholarly works on topics covering periods from the Renaissance to contemporary projects, especially the response by American literary critic and Marxist political theorist Fredric Jameson, are considered. Other topics considered include the historiography of architecture, architect Ludovico Quaroni, the New Left, urbanism, workerism, collective memory, and critical cultural theory.
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